The greatest movie ever!

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

This is a bad movie. The only reason to be partly interested in it is Angelina Jolie and obviously not for her acting skills. Speaking of acting skills, well better look somewhere else, because in this one Angelina is really sub par and she is annoyingly trying to play the sexy blonde card (well we do know you are sexy, don't overplay it though because you spoil it!). All the other characters are easily forgettable, although I have a not-so-honourable mention for the chemistry between the lead couple. There wasn't any, period.While the plot had a certain potential (if of course it was realised by an accomplished crew, which wasn't the case), the actual lines were cheesy and failed to create any emotion, even at a time where poor Angelina was shedding a bucket of tears.So again, watch it only to satisfy your curiosity of how Angelina looks with blonde hair. But then I guess just a still on this site will do.

LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT has a premise of reporter Lanie Kerrigan being told by a homeless man that she's going to die in a few days from now and right away I was expecting some bitter-sweet angst , a sort of present day morality tale inspired by Frank Capra and I guess very early in production this was the idea but I was left confused . Is it a redemption tale ? If so then why does Lanie start out as a not unlikable person and remain a not unlikable person throughout the movie ? You see there's little in the way of character development and the situations and soul searching never seem to draw the audience into Lanie's fears . None of this is helped Stephen Herek's shallow direction either In short this is a shallow film but while being confused as to what it's trying to say it's also fairly watchable too . Angelina Jolie is breath takingly beautiful and in many ways she's like a female Leonardo Dicaprio in that her good looks disguise she's a much better actress than critics give her credit for and imagine how worse the movie would be if her role was taken by say Sandra Bulloch while Dave Newman's haunting score also helps the movie greatly

I don't understand why some people trash this movie so viciously. It really isn't much different from all the other romantic comedies that come out. I enjoy the main actors - Jolie, Burns, and Shaloub - and each does a fine job with the roles they play.In the flashback intro we see that Lanie (Angelina Jolie) was a cute little girl but with thick frame glasses so the boys tended to ignore her. So she focused her energy into an ambition to rise to the top in broadcasting. She is one of several candidates for a NYC job, and a chance to move out of small-time Seattle TV.She is required to work with cameraman Pete (Ed Burns), an old boyfriend who still shows an interest. Together they encounter Prophet Jack (Tony Shaloub) who stands on a plastic milk crate on the busy sidewalk and makes proclamations. That day he predicted the score of a game, that it would hail the next morning, and that Lanie would die in 7 days.Lanie is shocked when the first prediction comes true, then further afraid when it is hailing the next morning. Not wanting the death prediction to come true, she tries hard to prove that not all Prophet Jack's predictions come true. But he says they do, he just hears the message and repeats it.MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW. Lanie and Pete get close again, then he is devastated when she is picked for the NYC job and she just plans to leave him in Seattle. While there, and doing a very successful interview with popular journalist Deborah Connors (Stockard Channing), she comes to realize the folly of her selfish dream, and a little bit of her dies that day, 7 days after the prediction. So, while she didn't physically die, the ugly part of her died.

Ignore all the bad reviews about this film because in my opinion it was really good! A sweet, easy to follow story, very enjoyable if you just want to sit and watch a film where you don't have to burst your brains trying to work out what the hell is going on. This film is simple but effective. Angie is brilliant as usual and puts on a convincing performance, although this character is different to those she has played in the past I think she pulls the 'blonde' reporter off very well. It is interesting to a person, as you see Lainy(Jolie), go through a dramatic change of life. This film may not be your complicated arty farty 'Lord of the Rings' type film, but I give it full marks!